Planning Administrator

Wincanton Trans European Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company is seeking a Warehouse Planning Administrator in Greater London to support efficient warehouse operations. Responsibilities include managing resources, ensuring plans meet operational needs, and collaborating with various teams. Ideal candidates should have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. The role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Generous holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Employee benefits online discount platform

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Experience in a warehouse or planning role is preferred.
• Ability to manage and re-evaluate plans based on operational changes.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and coordination of warehouse operations.
• Manage holiday requests and general admin work.
• Ensure resources meet operational demands.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

PC literacy

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our site working on the Sainsburys contract in Charlton, London.

As a Warehouse Planning Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting the efficient planning and coordination of warehouse operations. This position requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams to ensure smooth workflows and timely delivery of objectives.

How will you contribute?

You will be supporting a busy warehouse environment:

• Ensuring that the operation team have the required resource to successfully deliver our customer’s needs
• Completing tasks to ensure plans meet operational needs
• Owning various site reports and models to report on planned versus actual
• Working closely with our customer and operations team to agree pick volume versus plan versus capability.
• Managing holiday requests and other general admin work via various online systems

To deliver this you would be required to:

• Be involved in the day-to-day planning of resource into specific departments in line with demand from our customer.
• Re-evaluating the plan based on any changes such as absence or sickness to ensure the site maintains sufficient cover in each area.
• Working closely with shift operation management to continuously improve our resource planning and keeping up to date with changes in the operation.
• In addition, looking ahead at upcoming demand to ensure we are planning enough resource to keep up with any changes – this will involve close collaboration with recruitment and training departments so good communication is a must.
• Ensuring any applicable trackers and reports are kept up to date with particular emphasis on plan versus actual so our forward view matches requirement.

What will you bring?

Behaviours

• Forward-thinking with confidence in decision-making.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Collaborative and willing to support other areas of the business.
• Open to discussion and able to present feedback and challenges professionally.
• Strong communicator, adaptable to different audiences.

Technical Skills

• High level of PC literacy, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with spreadsheets (essential).
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Confident in verbal and written communication with colleagues at all levels.

What do we offer?

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Apply Now!

Please apply by following the links and uploading your CV. We are a fast-moving organisation so we may not always wait until the closing date to review applications. As a result you should submit your CV as soon as possible!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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